Reminiscences of Walter Bishop : oral history, 1958.

Biographical Note

Songwriter.

Scope and Contents

Early life; career as a songwriter; "The Devil Sat down and Cried"; situation of Negroes in music business; blues, jazz, bop, country and western; Tin Pan Alley; changing styles in popular music; relationship between publishers and songwriters; Songwriters Protective Association, song sharks.

Subjects

• African Americans--Music.
• Bishop, Walter.
• Composers--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Popular music--Writing and publishing.

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